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UFC: Anderson Silva one punch from defeat insists Dana White

UFC boss Dana White reckons that Patrick Cote has every chance of upstaging Anderson Silva, the man considered the greatest pound-for-pound mixed martial artist in the world at present, when the pair meet in the Octagon at UFC:90 in Chicago this weekend.

"Everyone said Mike Tyson was invincible, and it seemed like he was, yet â€˜Buster' Douglas went there and blew him away. I know Cote deeply believes in his ability and has earned his right to fight Silva," said White, in the UK, for UFC:89 in Birmingham.

Since winning the middleweight title from Rich Franklin in October 2006, Silva has been undefeated, and has even been up to light-heavyweight, successfully for the first time, KO-ing James Irvin in July this year.

Likewise, Tyson won his first 19 professional bouts by knockout, 12 in the first round. He unified the belts in the splintered heavyweight division in the late 1980s, and was the undisputed heavyweight champion for over two years, before losing to 42-1 underdog Douglas in Tokyo in 1990.

Tyson was 37-0, and had built up an aura of invincibility around him. The same could be said today for Silva, who has moved seamlessly up to light-heavyweight, and has an aura around him.

"The fans feel that, but the fighters will always be looking for chinks in the armour. Mixed martial arts is a sport in which anyone can lose on any given night, and Cote is a formidable puncher. The parallels with Tyson and Douglas are there," said White.

My view is that Silva is in the form of his life, and will expose Cote…though I don't disagree with the theory.